''Preethsod Thappa'' () is a 1998 Indian

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

-language

romance drama Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

film directed by

Ravichandran Ravichandran is an Indian name. Notable people with the name include: * Ravichandran (Tamil actor) (1942–2011) * Ravichandran (Tamil film director) (born 1971) * N. Ravichandran (professor) (1955), professor at IIM Ahmedabad * N. Ravichandran, ...

and produced by Rockline Venkatesh. The film stars

and

Shilpa Shetty Shilpa Shetty Kundra (born Ashwini Shetty; Née Shetty; 8 June 1975) is an Indian actress who works mainly in Hindi-language films. Shetty made her screen debut in the thriller ''Baazigar'' (1993) which garnered her nominations for two Filmfare ...

. Actors

Lokesh Lokesh (; 19 May 1947 – 14 October 2004) was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada plays and films. His wife Girija Lokesh is an actress and film director. His father was Subbaiah Naidu, who is credited to be first hero of Kannada silent m ...

and

Lakshmi Lakshmi (; , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity, and associated with ''Maya'' ("Illusion"). Alo ...

and Prakash Raj feature in other prominent roles. The film is a remake of the

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film '' Ninne Pelladata'' (1996).

Plot

Raja is seen racing in a bike race, faces all the obstacles, defeats everybody and is victorious in the race. He lives with his parents Sathya and Mahalakshmi and many others which includes his uncle, maternal uncle, family friend and their families. They all love each other and live like one big family. Chandana lives in Mangalore with her parents and two younger sisters. She wants to pursue pilot training in Bangalore, thus shifts to Raja's house and stays as a guest. Chandana and Raja's family bond well together. Raja and Chandana gradually fall in love. After discovering that Chandana stays in Sathya's house, her father takes her with him. In the flashback it is revealed that Chandana's mother Bhavani is Sathya's sister who married Chandana's father against Sathya's wish. Enraged Sathya had tried to kill Chandana's father. Back in the present we see men of both the families holding grudge against each other. Chandana's father fixes her marriage with another man. Chandana who feels that Raja could not prevent the marriage consumes poison. But Raja comes to her house, beats all the goons hired by her father and escapes from there with her. Chandana due to the poison, vomits blood. She is hospitalized. Both the families wait outside the operation theatre . They ultimately realize their mistake, forgive each other and happily agree for Raja and Chandana's marriage. In the end, Chandana comes out of the operation theatre healed and hugs Raja.

Cast

V. Ravichandran Veeraswamy Ravichandran (born 30 May 1961), known mononymously as Ravichandran, is an actor, director, producer, music director, lyricist and editor in the Kannada Film Industry. He is the son of film producer N. Veeraswamy. As producer, Ravi ...

as Raja *

as Chandana * Prakash Raj as Chandana's father *

as Sathya *

as Mahalakshmi *

Srinivasa Murthy Jadalathimmanahalli Krishnappa Srinivasa Murthy (born 15 May 1949), known popularly as Srinivasa Murthy, is an Indian actor and television director. He is mostly known for his work as a director having made many television series in Kannada, be ...

as Murthy * Doddanna as Puttaswamy *

Vinaya Prasad Vinaya Prakash ( Bhat), also credited as Vinaya Prasad, is an Indian actress who has primarily featured in Kannada, and Malayalam films and TV series besides acting in Telugu language films. She has won the State Best Actress Award for her pe ...

as Bhavani * Ramakrishna as Hari *

Umashree Umashree (born 10 May 1957) is an Indian actress and politician. She is known for her portrayal of film roles spoken in the Kannada language (over 400), particularly comic roles. She received National Film Award for Best Actress for her role a ...

as Uma *

Ramesh Bhat Ramesh Bhat is a multiple-award–winning Indian actor. He has worked predominantly in Kannada films and television serials. Early life Ramesh Bhat was born in Kundapur. He completed his primary education at Manki and portrayed national leader ...

as Vasu *

Y. Vijaya Yenigandla Vijaya (born 8 February 1957) is an Indian actress and classical dancer. She has appeared in more than 1000 films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages. Early life and education Y. Vijaya was born on 8 February 1957 in Ku ...

as Vijaya * Suchitra *

Tennis Krishna Tennis Krishna is a popular Kannada actor and comedian. Tennis Krishna has acted in over 600 movies and has a record of acting in 100 movies with comedy actress Rekha Das. Life His background is from Kannada theatre. He acted with Kannada act ...

as Tennis *

Mandeep Roy Mandeep Rai is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of the notable films of Mandeep Rai as an actor include '' ...Re'' (2016), '' Aaptha Rakshaka'' (2010), '' Amrithadhare'' (2005), ''Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu'' (2001). Career Mand ...

* Adarsha * Shivadwaj as Shivu * Rockline Venkatesh

Soundtrack

All the songs are composed and written by

Hamsalekha Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and a songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, di ...

. This was the last film with Hamsalekha - Ravichandran combination before they parted ways due to the differences in opinion.About Me- Crazy Star V. Ravichandran

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Preethsod Thappa 1998 films 1990s Kannada-language films Indian romantic drama films Kannada remakes of Telugu films Films scored by Hamsalekha Films directed by V. Ravichandran 1998 romantic drama films